Although the sale of official positions has been explicitly prohibited in all dynasties, it is still full of various ways.

This is mainly reflected in the children of aristocratic families. There are few talented and playboys among the children of aristocratic families. In order to continue the family's status in the court, the family will ask for gifts through various relationships and open up the joints to ask for a single official position for the children of the family, and then use bribes to seek promotions for official positions. Liu Yu himself faced many things about the invitation, and he thought that people in the court knew it well and turned a blind eye and ignored them.

Although the Shun Dynasty had imperial examinations, it was not enough to obtain one or two hundred Jinshi every three years, which was not enough to maintain the foundation of the huge official system. The recruitment of scholars also required local investigations and court recruitment. In this way, there were more ways to accept bribes. Basically, local investigations were monopolized by local clans. Whoever spent more money would have a better chance of gaining value from the court.

Liu Yu's proposal was immediately strongly criticized by Yuan Bolang: "Absurd! It is a national important matter for the court to accept officials. How can we make a fool of ourselves to buy and sell freely at high prices like the market? Wouldn't this make the scholars who study hard all over the world feel sad?"

Although Su Bi did not refute, she still looked at Liu Yu with a smile, as if she wanted to re-examine him.

Su Yan asked hurriedly: "Commander Liu, this is probably not good at selling official positions, right?"

Before Liu Yu could reply, Yuan Bolang made a conclusion again: "Of course not!"

"It is probably too early to draw this conclusion before the Sui Yuan finished his words." Liu Yu said leisurely, "The selling of officials in the following is not to sell all the official positions clearly and at a real price, but to sell the idle positions of each department or a separate department in charge of commerce in the Ministry of Works, and to sell them at a price. In this way, even if the official is sold, these officials will not shake the foundation of the court, and the shortage of money and food in the court can also be alleviated."

Yuan Bolang continued to stick to his own opinions and said, "Will the court pay a large sum of expenses to give them a monthly salary?"

Liu Yu smiled and said, "Since they are selling official positions, they have no intention of giving their official positions a salary. They will not be short of that little salary, and their official positions will not be promoted. What else can Yuan Xiang worry about?"

Yuan Bolang sneered: "If there is no salary, you cannot be promoted even if you have an official position. Who would spend money to buy a nameless official?"

"Yuan Xiang, do you know that there is a kind of person in this world who has a lot of wealth, but in the world they have to live a life of others' faces. They cannot wear brocade and boots, and officials at all levels use various wise eyes to exploit their taxes but never pay them to the court. Do you think they are willing to buy this official?"

Su Yan had been living in Chang'an City for many years and immediately understood what Liu Yu was referring to. He was very happy and said, "Is Commander Liu talking about merchants?"

"Return to the emperor, it is the merchant." Liu Yu bowed respectfully, "This is why the minister proposed to set up a separate Trade Department in the Ministry of Works. In the future, the Trade Department will not only be able to collect taxes from merchants, but also manage business through business, exempting the exploitation of officials at all levels, increasing the interests of merchants, and improving their status will be beneficial to the development of trade in the Dashun Dynasty."

Su Yan nodded happily and said, "What Commander Liu said is that those merchants often give gifts to officials, these... I have seen them before. If they were given official positions, they would do their best to serve the court. Fourth Emperor Sister, Yuan Xiang, what do you think?"

Su Bi smiled and said, "I have no objection."

Su Yan looked at Yuan Bolang again: "Yuan Xiang, where are you?"

Although Yuan Bolang is also very knowledgeable, he knows nothing about doing business and making money, and cannot provide good reasons to refute Liu Yu's proposal. At this time, he had to say with a dark face: "I still think this method is inappropriate and has the enterprising spirit of the scholars all over the world."

Su Yan smiled and said, "Scholars took the imperial examination and did not allow them to join the Trade Department. What should I do with them? If this is not the case, it will be decided. Let me leave this matter to..." Su Yan originally wanted to hand it over to Liu Yulai, but when he saw Liu Yu wink at him secretly, he understood a little, "Let me leave it to Yuan Xiang, you can arrange it."

What the general should do is to defend his country. Liu Yu's current identity is still the commander of the Imperial Guard. Although he can propose it when participating in the deliberation, the implementation must be handed over to Yuan Bolang, the leader of the civil servant, to handle it. The rules cannot be destroyed at will.

Yuan Bolang gave up and said angrily: "The minister can't do this, whoever proposes to let him take charge!"

Su Yan was in a dilemma at the moment, and Su Bi said, "Your Majesty, why not let Commander Liu work as a part-time job in the Six-Taiwan Yamen, so that he can preside over the handling of this matter."

"It's just my wish, just my wish." Su Yan smiled and said, "Then from then on, Commander Liu will also be in and out of the six-tai yamen. If you have nothing to do, Commander Liu can go in and out by himself, so he will save too many chores and panic."

Liu Yu received the order to thank him. It was rare that the emperor was sympathetic to Liu Yu's fatigue. The relationship between the monarch and the minister was very good, but Yuan Bolang, who was beside him, felt something was wrong.

The day after the new emperor ascended the throne, he actually asked a general to work as a Liutai Yamen. This was the rhythm of going out to the general and entering the prime minister, and he was allowed to enter and exit freely, that was, whenever he wanted to get into the leg, he would be inserted into the leg, which made him, the general leader of the Liutai Yamen, feel that he was full of crisis and was about to be beaten to death by the younger wave at any time. He looked at Liu Yu with a little jealous hostility.

After coming out of Yaqian Hall, Yuan Bolang looked angry and said in a bad tone: "General Liu, the emperor asked you to do your best to solve the urgent needs of the court. Can you be competent for this matter alone?"

Liu Yu bowed and said, "You also need more help from the right prime minister."

"Yeah." Yuan Bolang nodded, stroking his beard, "This Trade Department was set up in the Ministry of Works, so I will ask the Minister of Works to assist you."

"Very good." Liu Yu said.

Yuan Bolang thought for a while and said, "I have another student. How about I ask him to help you with a small errand?"

"Okay." Liu Yu responded again.

Liu Yu agreed with it with pleasure, Yuan Bolang was not used to it. He was still confronting him in Yaqian Hall just now, but now he has come out of the hall gate, "very good" and "good". Liu Yu's attitude made him unable to grasp it. However, he still smiled proudly, showing a "you kid's cognitive" look, and left.

Su Bi, who stopped and watched, saw clearly and thought that Liu Yu was using the method of fooling the stubborn old man to deal with Yuan Bolang. A pedantic scholar like Yuan Bolang valued the most. When Liu Yu was discussing affairs in Yaqian Hall just now, he gave him a stick, and now he gave him sweet dates. As long as he could make up for his face, Yuan Bolang would not care so much.

Su Bi walked forward with a smile and said sarcastically: "General Liu is such a good method. He offended Yuan Xiangguo. Afterwards, he was silly and could still be decent."

Liu Yu could hear the impetus in Su Bi's words, which was clearly reminding him not to be too friendly to the enemy and to distinguish between the enemy and us.

"Why do you have to be so clear about being a minister in the same palace? The Fourth Princess is too careful."

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Although Liu Yu and Su Bi are allies, the two people with their own thoughts are not very speculative. The fourth princess went to mourn, while Liu Yu went to the palace gate.

After leaving the palace, Liu Yu remembered that he hadn't had a good talk with his old friend Han Sheng in the past two days. Now that he is not in the palace, he personally took people to visit Han's mansion.

The Han Mansion was in a deep courtyard, and Zhike brought Liu Yu back, and the laughter of Han Xiaoyi and Han Xiaoting was much colder in the courtyard. Han Sheng himself was low-key, and most of the ministers in the court did not recognize him, and they would not come to visit him even if they knew him, and the people in the market would not interact with him.

"Brother Liu, how could he have time to come to my house?" Han Sheng still received Liu Yu in the study. When Liu Yu was about to write, he was very uncomfortable.

"Brother Han, you are my elder, so you can't even come and see it?" Liu Yu saw that Han Sheng painted landscapes, which was very artistic. Speaking of which, this was the first time Liu Yu saw this old friend painting.

After Han Sheng finished his painting, he asked Liu Yu to appreciate it. Han Sheng also added an inscription and then walked out of the house with Liu Yu.

"Speaking of this, the late emperor would pass the throne to King Yu before his death. I was really unexpected. The late emperor's heart is really unfathomable!"

Liu Yu didn't understand what Han Sheng said in his feelings. Was he suspected that he was making trouble?

Han Sheng said again: "However, I feel relieved when I think about it. Although the King of Chu is talented, he has not yet returned to the capital. King Jin is the same as the third prince and is petty and petty, and he is not as good as the King of Earth. Unfortunately, Xin Zhujun is a woman. After thinking about it, only King Yu, who is the legitimate son, can take on the great responsibility."

Liu Yu did not comment too much on this matter, after all, he did not want to lie again and again in front of a person he trusted.

"Why didn't Brother Han enter the palace today?" Liu Yu asked in a different way.

Han Sheng sighed: "I do have the freedom to enter and exit the palace, but now it is not when the old emperor is alive. Being able to rest at home is exactly what I have been asking for in my life."

This is exactly the emperor's court. Han Shengmeng's courtier for twenty years, and he can be said to be the first counselor around the emperor. Although he has no official position, he is above all officials. Now he is unemployed. Although he is also the "unemployment" he expects, he also feels lonely and worried about gains and losses.

Liu Yu said all the content of the discussions in the past two days, which was also considered asking Han Sheng for his opinion. Finally, Liu Yu said: "The matter of opening up the Trade Department, I mean to ask Brother Han, you can help. You are also a businessman, so it is much more convenient to host."

"Opening a Trade Department? This idea..." Han Sheng thought about it carefully and said with a smile, "It's a pity that you can think of it. Those who do business are most worried about money are not afraid to spend money, they are afraid of doing things that are too scared to waste money and do not even dare to do things that are squandering the money. They can only buy houses and land for their descendants. With this Trade Department, they can indeed drive the enthusiasm of merchants to do business. But I am indeed powerless."

Han Sheng said "old" and said that he was old. Liu Yu sighed: "Brother Han, you also know that the new emperor is honest, but not very capable, and not much knowledge. And there are very few people around him who can help him. If you leave, relying on the power of one or two people alone, the court may not be able to control it."

"Brother Liu, do you mean?"
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